CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1204679
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-1967
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Melton Ross
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 07147 10748
Details
MELTON ROSS A 18
HUMBERSIDE
GLANFORD
5264
TA 01 SE
(north side)
6/29 Church of the Holy
6/11/67 Ascension
- II
Parish church. 1867 by Ewan Christian, incorporating masonry from earlier
medieval and C18 churches. Chancel decorated in 1890 by Messrs W 0 Powell
of London and Lincoln; nave decorated in 1895. Limestone and ironstone
ashlar. Westmorland slate roof. Gothic Revival style. 3-bay nave with
south porch and west bell-cote, single-bay apsidal chancel with vestry
adjoining north side. Nave: plinth, buttresses; 2-light and 3-light
segmental pointed traceried windows; west side has single traceried lancets
either side of a central buttress supporting a projecting bell-cote with
twin shouldered-arch opening and pierced roundel above, coped gable and
ashlar cross finial. Chancel: stepped plinth, sill stringcourse; single and
twin trefoiled lancets with hood-moulds. Porch: angle buttresses, pointed
shafted outer arch of 2 orders. Interior. Pointed moulded chancel arch on
shafted responds with foliate capitals. Collared scissor-beam nave roof,
ribbed vaulted chancel roof. Chancel arch, roofs and frieze at top of nave
wall all have rich polychrome painted decoration. Late C18 and early C19
marble wall tablets to Holgate family at west end of nave. Ornate C19 font.
N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, p 315;
Stamford Mercury, 9 January 1891, p3.
Listing NGR: TA0714710748
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165932
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 315
'Stamford Mercury' in 9 January, (1891), 3
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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